Thesaurus results for BROKEN OUT

broken out

verb

past participle of break out

as in erupted

to develop suddenly and violently in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out, and there was a mad rush for flu shots

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Recent Examples of broken out Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a war had broken out between Israel and the Socialist regimes of Egypt and Syria. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 Stringr The launch near where the trio was found is roughly seven miles southwest of a different boat launch, where a car belonging to one of the women was discovered with a window broken out, state police said in a statement Wednesday. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026 Ornelas, 26, has appeared in 32 MLB games for the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves over the last three seasons, but has broken out in Triple-A this season. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The news comes mere days after rival OpenAI revealed that an autonomous AI agent had broken out of its sandbox to engage in a multi-day intrusion of the AI community platform Hugging Face. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 31 July 2026 Having broken out of prison, Voit tracks them down and saves his daughter. — Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026 As the chart shows, it has also consistently broken out of consolidation patterns from a relative-strength perspective, with those breakouts versus XLV leading to meaningful upside follow-through. — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 17 June 2026 Edouard Julien, who’s broken out of a deep May slump, went 2 for 3 with a double and drove in three runs. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 10 June 2026 In 1986, Turner launched the Goodwill Games, an international competition meant to bypass the Cold War fights that had broken out over the Olympics. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 6 May 2026

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There was a pause, as a room full of songwriters — the event was specifically for the Recording Academy’s Songwriters & Composers Wing — erupted into laughter.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
The move further escalates a trade war with the United States' northern neighbor that erupted after negotiations between the two countries collapsed over the weekend.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of erupted

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Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP Flight 103 was 31,000 feet over Lockerbie when a bomb in the plane's forward cargo area exploded 38 minutes after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
These markets, which allow traders to wager on anything from sports to elections and pop culture, have exploded over the past two years.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026